Mike Pearl

Articles by Mike Pearl

Rumored, Never-to-Be-Released Apple Feature May Have Been Too Much Truth for Most Consumers - Gizmodo

Technology August 10, 2026

On some level you already know your Apple gadgets are linked nodes on a network with your most sensitive data coursing through it. If you’re like many users, your app states, documents, health infor...

Tesla Driver Tries the Old β€˜I Wasn’t Driving’ Excuse to Get Out of Speeding Ticket - Gizmodo

Business August 10, 2026

The Tesla feature known as β€œFull Self-Driving (Supervised)” does not turn your car into the driver of your car. To some, that may sound like anti-Tesla propaganda, but take it from Tesla itself, w...

If You’re Struggling to Find a MacBook Air Right Now, This Is Probably Why - Gizmodo

Technology August 3, 2026

If you head to your local Apple Store to get a basic, workhorse MacBook Air, you might find that the shelves for the most popular laptop in the Apple lineup are mysteriously empty. You might then finοΏ½...

On Tim Cook’s Final Earnings Call, He Said Apple May Charge for Siri - Gizmodo

Technology August 2, 2026

Tim Cook is leaving his CEO role at Apple in one month, and on July 30 he gave his final earnings call. He chose the occasion to announce that Siri lovers may soon have to pony up to use their favoriοΏ½...

Apple Is Reportedly Worried About Its Non-Creepy Reputation as It Prepares to Enter a Creepy Product Category - Gizmodo

Technology July 28, 2026

In terms of their reputations for protecting privacy, among tech behemoths like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and most of all Meta, Apple is the clear winner, at least in terms of public perception. ItοΏ½...

OpenAI's Rogue AI Models Were Reportedly Acting Like the Guy From Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' - Gizmodo

Business July 27, 2026

To hear OpenAI tell it, instances of its most powerful AI models, including an unreleased one purportedly of immense power, recently got so focused on getting good scores on their evals that they escοΏ½...

DeepSeek’s Normally Boring CEO Is Reportedly Spiraling After Supposed Leak - Gizmodo

Business July 27, 2026

A planned funding round at Hangzhou, China-based hedge fund and unexpected AI juggernaut DeepSeek has probably been cancelled. According to a very delicately worded Bloomberg report, this comes just οΏ½...

Apple Has Reportedly Started Recording and AI-Summarizing Conversations at the Genius Bar - Gizmodo

Technology July 21, 2026

Apple is reportedly dipping its toe into recording and AI-summarizing your repair and tech support conversations with its employees at the Genius Bar. This new pilot program called Live Notes is beiοΏ½...

The Public Got So Mad at Meta’s New AI Photo Tool That It’s Scrapped Already - Gizmodo

Business July 12, 2026

I dont know what the world record is for killing bad AI features quickly, but this has to be a competitor. On Tuesday, July 7, Meta released an AI photo generation feature that pulled face data from οΏ½...

Simon Says… Buy This OpenAI Mechanical Keyboard Thingy - Gizmodo

Technology July 1, 2026

OpenAI and the mechanical keyboard company Work Louder are up to something on July 15, according to a vaguepost from the OpenAI Developers X account: Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgοΏ½...